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UW defense carries over momentum from first game in shutout of Sacramento State

Taniela Tupou saved K.J. Carta-Samuels from a beatdown.

Well, maybe not a beatdown, but Washington nose tackle Elijah Qualls had ill intentions towards the Huskies backup quarterback. Carta-Samuels’ fourth-quarter fumble at the UW 4 threatened the team’s 49-0 shutout over Sacramento State in Saturday’s home opener at Husky Stadium.

“I actually told K.J. that if they got any points on the board that I was going to beat him up,” Qualls, a 311-pound sophomore, said smiling. “I was just playing with him, but kind of.

2013 The last time UW posted a shutout, when the Huskies beat Idaho State, 56-0, on Sept.